New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-16


amount to two or three million dollars IN year.
Jacoons slso read paper on sr9s OF Of po
At tho morning session Of he section o, Economic Sol
SaS and Henry 1 sanda Waite one science
The general subject Antbropoogy The first paper
by Goratlo Hale read by Vice President Brnton OF
Joseph Jasrow o; John Hopkins s. University discussed
the sensory Tyres OF Memory and AppsErcspnon
on the Music ana Poetry OF the Eskmos aud tho Rev.
stephen D. Peet read paper attnekins tne views o..
TO be the disc0verer the Palnolthc Age In America
In the afternoon the subject was contiaaed Wnen Pro
the Pairolithic Period" Professor Boaz read paper
on The Indians Of British ~n Was, Con-
dned TO the Races we're in the Hunter ssgef" by
Ohio" was discussed by Professor F. w Putnam. Of
Ohio. who also read paper written By Miss Alice G
mains ti in america Amer The session then closed
In Section T. Geology and Geography inc moT h ses
si Gn 1ordoyican ana cambran strata IL Central
NewYork, shown by deep well near Utica BY C. D.
paper followed by Professor W. b. Scott OF Princeton
" The Upper Eocene LaenstTine formations OF tno
oho red noper on Lake Cuyahosa Study in
Glacial Geology" The session closed with paper by
or subaqueous origin Of the Drift III Central Missouri
Professor Spencer opened the afternoon SEES;
"Giacier Erosion in Norway with some Notes on
Northern Ice Action and continued with second paper
entitled Notes the Theory of Glacial Motion" w j.
Notice. OF United states Geological survey Described
1.-The Columbia Formation" Professor e. II. Hitchcock
State Geologis Of Hampshire gave paper Oh 'ho
Before section Biology at the T mGrn n0og se IS
Pharmacy presented paper " ON the Histology o! Tue
Vegetable ORGANS OF Brasenia Petata, rurSn o. IA
iivla" by DR.. H. H. Rusby, OF Columbia College. ~,
Farlow gave paper entitled Hcdlum on JnhlpeIu n
Vrgniana," illustrated by specimens ", D. bea R, ',
senied "A Comparison OF the Epidermal system OF Dil
ferent Plants. The next paper was on Conilrnatory
American Species" by r. p. Whitfield. OF New York
Professor G V. kiloy read paper on The B1iaIo
paper was read by W b. Scott of Princeton, entitled
Germantown closed the with discussion OF
Point in Derinal Physiology; with Demonstration OF
paper was The Relation OF the CoInmissures OF the
Brain to the Information Of the Encephalic Vesoes by
Professor II. L. Osborn OF Princeton ms was FOL
lowed by paper the Early History OF the Foot In
Prosobranch Gaseropods." by Professor Henry Osborn
Cope OF Philadelphia read paper on The ilneai Eye
In Extinct Vertebrate" The session closed WIN TWO
PreIninary Paper on structure of Alosa sapidssima
and one On the Homoogies OF Edestui
PROF. DRUMMoND's EXPERIENCES IN AFRICA.
The big hall Of the Columbia College Library couldn't
hold all the people who tried to crowd into 1t last night
to hear Professor Drummond lecture ON his
experiences rs an explorer in Central Africa.
lie read what he had TO say in easy manner, but with
rather pronounced Scotch accent. and some OF the
audience in the galleries missed, In consequence bits OF
his graceful description Of African scenery and witty
touches OF African life.
People in England and America. the professor said
had generally most absurd ideas about tho looks OF
hi in the OF Africa The OLD fashioned notion
was that the great central African plateau was desc
late wilderness, ovsrsrowh with forests and jungles
mus ranged, ,Plamed tropical birds sans sang
and monkeys swung from limb TO limb In troops such
the landscape seen in the cuts OF the Old geogla
phies The heart Of Africa. on the contrary was not
swamp nor jungle. but nigh table lanl cut INTO
mountains and LAKES, covered with thin, open woods OF
spruce oak. elms and low unde'nr brush NE NE
miles OF haclear placaus whore the sun shone through
mercessly. soaring the grass aud the foliage Wild
beasts were scarce ana villages pennl, ana rs LOT
monkeys. one would scarcely see one ~ a month The
flowers were thick enough but plain aui 40 moro stk.
ing than tho English forest fora only down near the coast
belt the long rank and yellow and the hyenas
country OF the Nyanza the source OF the Se and
Congo though equatorial, was no more tropical m lora
and fauna the s'n.e that India was tropical. than
Good Hope and the land Of tho kallrA
Professor DrummOnd bad travelled MP to Albert Nyan-
from ZANZIBAR and spent several months IN the region
OF the great inland seas tho district OF staneys early
explorations lie found the natives less prom
wn7S, "pb bo Professor s1a@ ssd to H1 sS To tho
root Of the absolute barbarity Of the equatorial
African one could never know now amazingly simple
Africa stick served the native for spear tfiy FOR
canoe or for the utensils OF cooking Beyond this the Ar
can had needs II next 10 impossible To create
It, Now aud then lie went out aud stripped square ROD
OF trees with knife TIL the ground was Uttered with
washed into the soil Then few handfuls % mllet were
scattered Ia tie rows scratched with hoe,
The fertility OF the ground did tho rest The mlet crop
came up, and the African gorged himself 1t til the
Mct. Professor Drummond said. a tastelos' sort
OF meal cooked into doughty porrdge. But the natives
Jumps OF the stun as big as baby, at
single sitting. The people too. had absolutely no IDEA
80. had rieI ~ fOr
"a 5'n nal 70 1SsTstand what II WAS meant for
The Central Africans had rich morocco color
and beautiful. soft skin, which the Professor
Tdinburgh library But their life utterly
their Intelligence. except In mere sense aud Instinct
matters null lie had 20 make n figure himself at
his coat, clicking his pistol and burning things
deal OF sympathy with the professional IRE eaters
Professor Drnmmond found the mission station Iiy-
ingstOnia the Albert Nyanzl deserted when no got
threatened everything In central A., africa; had
malaria fever IL always came Quinine was the only
remedy for IL 1t attacked black and white alike
The lecturer said shat ke perhaps the first natural
lat had penetrated so far into the Dark Continent
The geological strata In the central plateau were
% fe's Hudson ye There %eo no
IN Africa, and Mr. Drnmmond discovered that tho shift
ing Of the soil which Mr. Darwin found was due in Eng
land to the earthworm, was brought about in Africa
by tho white ant. Tho ant carried Its cast
lngs up into the decaying trees until
The branches were .plastered with DIRT. and also
burrowed the subs oil into ant heaps fifteen twenty
feet high, which the rains washed away and scattered
curious insects which counterfeit the appearance
leaves aud bark then described and the lecture
closed The reception OF the association by the Academy
Of science after the lecture. About 400 people
were present
SCIENTISTS ENTERTAINED BY d. NE.
1t was happy union OF wit and wisdom that met in
the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity club rooms atNo 435
Fiithaye. last night. The New York club held in
formal reception for the members Of the American
citation for tho Advancement OF science who members
of their fraternity and the large number OF scientists
who responded showed concluslvely tho strength OF
d. X t. throughout the country After the hearty